Willoughby, Richard J.
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Volume III presents the general structure of Paul's letter to Rome and compares it with the structure of I Corinthians, their Introductions, Bodies an
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d Conclusions, and with Paul's letter to Hebrews. Romans 1:16 - 11:36 is Paul's exhortation to the Jews of the Dispersion and contains within it his Great Parenesis, Chapters 9, 10 and 11, which is the substance of Acts 28:23-29. Paul summoned to him the leaders of the Jews, not Gentiles, and taught them from the Law of Moses and the prophets. (Acts 28:23) Some believed Paul and some didn't. (Acts 28:29) The verses of Romans 5:1-21 are characterized by Paul's insistence that it is faithfulness, not only faith, that a person must live by as an action. Paul echoes James' "You see that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only." by quoting Habakkuk 2:4 "the just shall live by faithfulness", as an action, not a belief. "Therefore", Paul said, "being justified by faithfulness (pisteos means faithfulness not faith), we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." That is, a person must do, as an act, that which is believed. (James 2:24; Romans 1:17; 5:1) Romans 6:1-23, 7:1-25 and 8:1-39 reveal, respectively, that one does not do evil that good should come, that Paul's brethren were those Jews who knew the law, and that the use of abba/pater is evidence of Greek speaking Jews more than it is evidence of Greek speaking Gentiles. (Copyright©2000 by Richard J. Willoughby, Sr. LCCN: 99-90057; ISBN: 0-9651120-4-7)
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Richard J. Willoughby, Sr